Lester is a 20+ year software development veteran with skills ranging from the mainframe, through Java and .NET distributed & web technologies, and for the last several years has been focusing on "big data" tools to include Hadoop and NoSQL technologies. He currently works at Hortonworks as a system architect & technical trainer and enjoys engaging in interactive discussions about these exciting technologies and open source in general. General information, social/community profiles and blog links can be found at http://lester.website.